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Insights and Actions
What do therapists really talk about when they're out of session? Hang out behind the scenes with practicing therapists and friends Craig James, Johnny Pierce, and Matt Christian.
Episodes
Insights and ActionsAutism After High School: A Vocational Rehab Counselor on What Actually Helps (Special Episode)
When high school ends, the structure and supports often go with it. For many autistic young adults, what follows is a "stuck" period that can quietly stretch…
Insights and ActionsThe Therapy Research Nobody Talks About - And What We Got Wrong (+ dealing with the holidays!)
Decades of head-to-head research keep landing in the same uncomfortable place: when you compare major therapy approaches against each other, almost none comes…
Insights and ActionsSplit Brain Experiments, Back to School, and 3 Year Celebration
Your brain's left hemisphere fabricates stories about your own behavior. In this episode, we unpack the split-brain research that reveals the brain's built-in…
Insights and ActionsDo Therapists Believe in Self-Care? | Insights & Actions
Self-care has become one of those terms that can mean everything and nothing. We decided to actually examine it. In this episode, Matt, Johnny, and Craig do…
Insights and ActionsWhy Uncertainty Feels So Hard — and How to Cope | Therapist Discussion
Our brains hate uncertainty. In times like these - war, division, violence, AI - we can be stuck scanning for danger, filling in the blanks, and imaging worst…
Insights and ActionsMen's experience in therapy (Where have all the male therapists gone?)
Only 26% of men in therapy say they want to be understood. That stat stopped us in our tracks. Three male therapists react to a Wall Street Journal article…
Insights and ActionsInside substance use treatment: Real stories, recovery residences, sobriety, moderation, & more!
Go inside the recovery / addiction treatment industry: The good and bad of recovery homes, Kratom legislation, personal stories of recovery., loneliness of…
Insights and ActionsTips for life transitions (when kids leave, research on happiness, and fatherhood)
Practicing therapists tell stories of life transitions, discuss research on life-stages and happiness, and real fatherhood. Licensed mental health therapists…
Insights and ActionsIs therapy needed? Tools to try now. (and what is gained from symptoms?)
Therapists talk about when therapy might not be needed, powerful tools you can use now, therapy and dating, powerful questions to ask yourself, and much…
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Are you at war with yourself? Overcoming your childhood, projection, and taking back your life
Practicing therapists discuss how we project and blame others, stoicism, Buddhism, allowing kids to fail, courage, and much more. Licensed mental health…
Insights and ActionsLawyer Meets Therapists: Personal Stories of Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System
The Insights & Actions podcast sits down with defense attorney Jeff Mangino for a powerful, real-world conversation about the intersection of mental health…
Insights and ActionsCan I Keep Drinking? Alcohol Moderation Expert Cyndi Turner
Alcohol moderation is controversial - but the science is clear. Tired of either alcoholic or not alcoholic? Alcohol moderation pioneer Cyndi Turner shows how…
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Psychology "Buzzwords" - Mindfulness, Neurodiversity, and Safety
What is the history of mindfulness in Buddhism and how is it used (and misused) in Western Psychology? What does "neurodiversity" mean and what are the…
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Is College Worth it? Students, Parents, and Mental Health
Is college worth it? Therapists Craig James, Johnny Pierce, and Matt Christian talk about 'the college obsession', how parents' best intentions can go wrong…
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"Therapy Speak" - The Problem of Psychology "Buzzwords"
Narcissist, bipolar, gaslight, and "life coach." Therapists Craig James, Johnny Pierce, and Matt Christian talk about the history and misuse of psychology…
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Positive Trends In How Therapy Is Practiced (Let's Grow and Innovate!)
Brain scans, psychedelics, not diagnosing normal behavior, and innovations in therapy.Therapists Craig James, Johnny Pierce, and Matt Christian talk about…
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Negative Trends In How Therapy Is Practiced
Excessive boundaries? Turning pain into an identity? Addiction programs taking advantage of clients for financial gain? Therapists Craig James, Johnny Pierce…
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Male Therapists Talk Men's Mental Health - A Deeper Dive
What brings men into therapy and what is it like doing therapy with male clients? Therapists Craig James, Johnny Pierce, and Matt Christian talk about…
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Therapists Talk: What Makes Relationships Work?
Should I stay in this relationship? Are you seeing the same patterns show up in your relationships? Therapists Craig James, Johnny Pierce, and Matt Christian…
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How Do We Change and Does the Type of Therapy Matter?
Does therapy work? How do we change? Does the type of therapy (CBT, DBT, EFT) and diagnosis matter? Therapists Craig James, Johnny Pierce, and Matt Christian…
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Male Therapists Talk Men's Mental Health
It's time to talk openly about men's mental health. Hear male therapists discuss what they see as the unique challenges facing men today. Therapists Craig…
Insights and ActionsThe Problem of Overindulged Kids
Sometimes good intentions go bad. What is overindulgence and how might it be creating issues for your kid? Licensed therapists Craig James, Johnny Pierce and…